Sequence variability of BamA and FadL candidate vaccinogens suggests divergent evolutionary paths of Treponema pallidum outer membrane proteins
Everton Burlamarque Bettin, Farhang F. Aghakhanian, Christopher M. Hennelly, Wentao Chen, Timothy C. Davenport, Simon T. Hackl, André Alex Grassmann, Fabio Samir Vargas-Cely, Sebastián Silva, Jonny Alejandro García Luna, Lady G. Ramírez, Yinbo Jiang, Ligang Yang, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, , Justin David Radolf
The paper analyzes sequence variability of BamA and FadL outer membrane proteins in 186 Treponema pallidum strains to identify evolutionary patterns and vaccine targets.
Journal of Bacteriology · Jul 14, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology